Amidase‐Catalyzed Desorption of CO2 Captured in Aqueous Monoethanolamine (MEA) Solutions
Yang Yang, Onur Kırtel, Silke Flindt Badino, Lea Helena Strother, Laura Rotilio, Jerik Mathew Valera Lauridsen, Stefanie Neun, Jens Preben Morth, Ji‐Woong Lee, Ditte Hededam Welner, Peter Westh · 2026
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Description
Yang Yang and ten co-authors test whether enzymes can speed up the release of carbon dioxide caught by a common scrubbing liquid. That liquid, monoethanolamine or MEA, soaks up carbon dioxide from factory exhaust, but boiling it free again eats most of the energy in carbon capture. Their 2026 study mined gene data for amidase enzymes, natural proteins that cut certain carbon bonds.
One enzyme from a heat loving microbe stood out, staying stable near 70 degrees and cutting the bond that holds carbon dioxide in the used liquid. At a small dose, it raised the first release rate by about 20 percent. The time needed to free 80 percent of the caught gas fell by about half next to liquid with no enzyme. The team frames the find as a first step toward cheaper, cooler carbon capture.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yang Yang, Onur Kırtel, Silke Flindt Badino, Lea Helena Strother, Laura Rotilio, Jerik Mathew Valera Lauridsen, Stefanie Neun, Jens Preben Morth, Ji‐Woong Lee, Ditte Hededam Welner, Peter Westh |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21406 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |